Taking Shots (Assassins, #1)(75)



“It never came up.”

“Apparently, nothing came up! Elli your uncle is my boss; don’t you think I needed to know that?” When she didn’t say anything he kept going “What if he trades me when he finds out, what if we broke up and he got pissed and fired me, then blacklisted me! What then! Don’t you think these are things I need to know!”

“I’m sorry, Shea, I should have told you about my uncle, but Uncle Bryan isn’t like that.”

“I don’t care; it is still something I need to know, Elli!” She wiped her face, looking at her skirt that had little spots from her tears, “Broadway Elli? Really?!”

“It was a long time ago.”

“I mean, I didn’t even know you sang for a living, and you were sick? It’s as if you kept a part of your life from me, hid it from me. I’ve told you everything, I mean damn, it’s as if I don’t know you and in one night I meet the family from hell and find out a bunch of shit about you.”

All Elli could do was nod as she cried, “I can’t believe this, it just blows my mind, but the kicker Elli,” he didn’t say anything until she looked over, she saw nothing but hurt and angry in his eyes as he said “You were engaged, you were f*cking engaged, which means you lied to me, because I asked if there was someone important, but you lied and said no.”

“He wasn’t important Shea, he was a convenience.”

“Did you have sex with him?”

“Yes, but-”

“He was important then, you said yes when he put a ring on your finger.”

“But I broke it off cause I didn’t love him.”

“But you said yes, so he meant something at the time!” he yelled, scaring the piss out of her, she looked back down at her hands, and nothing was said the rest of the way to her house. When he pulled into her driveway and didn’t get out, Elli started crying harder.

“I should have known something was up when you wouldn’t even let me in your house, wow, Elli, wow. If you didn’t want me to know who you are, then why did you let it go this far? Why did you even bring me around your parents when you knew they would throw all your shit out? I mean shit Elli, damn.”

Elli didn’t look at him; she just reached for the handle and got out, shutting the door behind her. She didn’t even look back when she heard him whip his truck out of her driveway; she just walked up the step as sobs ripped out of her. When she unlocked the door and went in, Adler started barking but then went silent as she went through the house, bawling as she ripped her clothes off. When she got to her bathroom, she filled the bathtub up before crawling in it, dipping down so the water was to her chin as she cried.

He was totally right, she set herself up for this, she ruined their relationship, and he had no choice but to break up with her.

She was a liar.

She thought she had prepared herself for what was bound to happen.

Nope, what a stupid idiot she was.





Shea was pissed, pissed because Elli lied, pissed because her family is a bunch of idiots minus her father, and pissed because he wasn’t sure, but he was pretty sure he just broke up with her. He drove down the road, digging his phone out of his pocket to call Grace, she answered on the third ring.

“Oh no, it went bad.”

“Bad isn’t even going to cover the f*cking mess I just left.”

“Oh no, Shea, where’s Elli?”

“I f*cking left her at her house and I think I f*cking broke up with her.”

Grace took in a quick intake of breath then said, “Shea, calm down, pull over.”

Shea did what she asked, shutting the car off and letting his face fall to the steering wheel. His eyes shut as he replayed the way Elli looked as she cried her heart out in his front seat. He actually felt like crying and he never wanted to cry!

“Now tell me what happen.”

So he did, he told her everything, about Elli’s so called family, her sister, brothers, her so called mother. Shea made sure to say nothing but good things about Michael, since he was a really nice guy. He also told her about the stuff he had learned, and Grace being Grace just sat there listening even after he was done, she didn’t say anything, and Shea knew she was processing what he had said.

“Okay, so you’re mad because she hid stuff from you, right?”

“Yes, she was on Broadway, Grace, she apparently can sing, then she was sick and that’s how she gained all kinds of weight, apparently, and then she was engaged, Grace. She told me there was no one worth talking about in her f*cking past! Not to mention her uncle is my damn boss.”

“Okay, I get the being pissed about the Uncle thing, that’s huge, but she never really talked about her family, and now you see why, and I agree with you being mad about the engagement, but did you give her a chance to explain?”

“No, she didn’t even try, she just cried.”

“Shea, come on, she was just torn apart by her family in front of you, how do you think she feels?”

Shea sat for a moment, Grace was right; he slammed his hand into his steering wheel. “I should go back.”

“You should go back, because I’m telling you, she isn’t going to chase after you, she knows she did wrong. Plus, she doesn’t even think she’s good enough for you. I’m telling you, God, Shea, this is a mess, and you’re going regret not going back if you don’t.”

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